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New sign highlights river pollution as Luxon’s Legacy
People in hazmat suits were seen wading in one of New Zealand’s polluted rivers yesterday, as Greenpeace activists installed an imitation Department of Conservation sign labelling river pollution ‘Luxon’s legacy’.
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Australia takes first steps towards greater high seas protection, now New Zealand must follow
Australia has taken the first step towards greater high seas protection by tabling the Global Ocean Treaty in its Parliament this week, and Greenpeace Aotearoa says New Zealand should follow…
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OIA reveals Department of Conservation advised against scrapping freshwater protections
Email correspondence obtained by Greenpeace through the Official Information Act reveals that the Department of Conservation advised against the coalition Government’s proposal to scrap critical freshwater protections.
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Another free pass for dairy pollution costs us all
“It’s no great loss to see the end of He Waka Eke Noa. It was designed by the dairy industry to delay climate action, and it succeeded. It was only ever a tactic in their decades-long strategy of predatory delay, and the new ‘a new Pastoral Sector Group’ announced today is just another version of…
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Convicted bottom trawlers given green light to trash South Pacific
New Zealand’s destructive bottom trawling is back in the spotlight, as vessels the Tasman Viking and Amaltal Mariner are given permits to continue trashing deep sea corals in the South Pacific.
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Shane Jones fires damp squib in response to giant backlash against Luxon’s war on nature
Greenpeace says Shane Jones has fired a damp squib in response to yesterday’s 20,000+ strong protest against the coalition government’s fast track bill and war on nature.
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Giant March For Nature fills Queen Street to oppose Luxon’s fast track bill
Over 20,000 people have turned out in Auckland today for the March for Nature to protest the Luxon Government’s fast-track bill and ‘war on nature’.
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Fast Track Bill, already mired in corruption scandal, should be pulled
Greenpeace says that National MP David MacLeod being referred to the police for undeclared donations has corrupted the process for examining the Fast Track Bill and the bill must be dumped.
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Fast track threatens te taiao, democracy and Te Tiriti – it’s time to march
The fast-track bill puts profits over people and Papatūānuku. If passed unopposed, the new law will allow the destruction of the whenua, awa and moana through more mining, dams, roads, drilling and ocean pillaging.
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Poll shows National voters concerned over fast track bill’s potential for destruction and corruption
National Party voters are concerned about the risk of corruption and the undermining of democracy if the Fast-track Approvals Bill is passed, according to a new Horizon Research survey.
